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• Living in Los Cabos: First Quarter Market Report

  by loscabos March 30, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: First Quarter Market Report     Mark Twain said it best: “There are three kinds of lies. Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.”   So many people told me they enjoyed the market report I put out at New Year’s that I thought a quarterly would be even better. And best yet? Our MLS system has a nift...

• Living in Los Cabos: Springing Forward, Sort of

  by loscabos March 10, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: Springing Forward, Sort of   Up in the States they’ll be turning their clocks ahead one hour this weekend. Mexico might, too. Or might not. And Canada will abstain from changing anything just now. Just when you thought things were confusing enough, here’s the skinny…   Mexico has observed Daylig...

• Living in Los Cabos: Affordable Cost of Living!

  by loscabos February 19, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: Affordable Cost of Living!   One more time a tourist stopped by to tell me Cabo is too expensive and no one can afford to live here. Ahem. I do. So do an estimated 18,000 Americans plus who knows how many Canadians, Europeans and of course Mexicans of all walks of life. So what gives?   This person is staying at a...

• Living in Los Cabos: Taxes and Rentals

  by loscabos January 31, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: Taxes and Rentals   There’s nothing like asking an expert. Don Nelson is both an attorney and CPA and specializes in U.S. tax filings for persons who live or own property in Mexico. Most of us here consider him “THE MAN” when it comes to any US taxation matter. So I was thrilled when he gave me permissi...

• Living in Los Cabos: Personal Safety Issues

  by loscabos January 22, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: Personal Safety Issues   The sound of the gunshots woke me. Another battle on the street, rival gangs no doubt. When all was clear I ducked out of my bullet-ridden house and into my bullet-ridden car and drove into the office past all the decapitated bodies littering the street. Must have been fifty this morning. Bad nig...
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• Living in Los Cabos: Superbowl Party Alert! Warning!!!

  by loscabos January 16, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: Superbowl Party Alert! Warning!!!   Last night my cooking buddy and I were taking a break while our Jamaican feast was working, and already plotting our Superbowl Junk Food Extravaganza. It’s going to be really great. But for some reason I woke up this morning wondering what the date of the Superbowl was. Got on th...

• Living in Los Cabos: OPC’d ¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?

  by loscabos January 11, 2011
  Living in Los Cabos: OPC’d ¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?   I just got OPC’d, by an OPC, at the grocery store of all places! Say What?   OPC is a term we use here in Cabo as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it means someone who works snagging unsuspecting tourists and convincing them to give up a day of th...

• Living in Los Cabos: A Feel Good Story

  by loscabos December 29, 2010
  Living in Los Cabos: A Feel Good Story   I was wondering what my next blog would be. Well, what happened this afternoon made my day, so I figure I’ll share. Maybe it will make your day, too.   Now first, you need to know that my office is a good half mile from WalMart. Maybe more, anyway, it’s a long, long hike. So I was j...

• Real Estate in Los Cabos: State of the Real Estate Market

  by loscabos December 28, 2010
  Real Estate in Los Cabos: State of the Real Estate Market   It’s that time again. With only a few days left before the start of a new year we think about the year about to expire; what was accomplished and what we hope to accomplish in the coming spin around the sun.   I’m preparing a year-end market report for clients, lo...

• Living in Los Cabos: How Much Does Gas Cost

  by loscabos December 16, 2010
  Living in Los Cabos: How Much Does Gas Cost   I keep being asked “How much is gas in Cabo?”. Frankly I don’t care. But here’s your answer.   First, let’s address that answer which is totally unlike me. I’m not that callous. But the deal with gas is that it’s a government monopoly and t...